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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11407
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14371
13 Actual Demand 11127
14 Aggregate Planning 12057
15 Air Cargo 9983
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6572
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34736
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15287
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19093
20 Assembly Line 22103
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22866
22 Average Speed of Answer 26490
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22957
24 Batch Production 38106
25 Bill Discounting 14380
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11094
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7065
28 Blanket Release 9924
29 Bonded Warehouse 9990
30 Booking Number 13656
31 Bottleneck 9415
32 Buffer Stock 58939
33 Build to Stock 12853
34 Bullwhip Effect 9477
35 Business Logistics 25458
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12477
37 Capacity Management 40187
38 Capacity Utilization 13980
39 Capital Intensive 8298
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8613
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12022
42 Certified Supplier 8911
43 Channel Effectiveness 8867
44 Co-Destiny 9204
45 Co-managed Inventory 12375
46 Co-Packers 11684
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6779
48 Computer-Based Training 7623
49 Consular Invoice 19610
50 Container Depot 10531
51 Container Freight Station 10222
52 Continuous Replenishment 19381
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11987
54 Contract Carrier 7279
55 Contract of Affreightment 11332
56 Control Charts 7894
57 Cost Flow 10189
58 Courier Service 15110
59 CPFR 8146
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11701
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43913
62 Date Code 18077
63 Days of Supply 19709
64 Dead on Arrival 9132
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7233
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8020
67 Detective Control 8839
68 Devanning 14140
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10779
70 Dispatching 24267
71 Distributed Inventory 8285
72 Distribution Channel Management 34514
73 Distribution Metrics 8988
74 Distribution Planning 24094
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15097
76 Double Marginalization 52496
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22191
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20499
80 Echelon Inventory 26064
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38160
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49433
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7542
84 Efficient Frontier 25308
85 Engineer-to-Order 31587
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16272
87 Erlang B Formula 9268
88 ETD 8257
89 Ex Works 7777
90 Exception Rate 13374
91 Exponential smoothing 9759
92 External Growth 9982
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9351
94 Field Services 7691
95 Field Warehouse 10040
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8664
97 Fishbone Diagram 14515
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26859
99 Flow Through Distribution 12227
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8087
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29953
103 Freight Charge 10248
104 Freight Consolidation 7459
105 Gantt Chart 8226
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11631
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29444
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12596
109 Hub 23295
110 Idle Time 7991
 
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